Confusion, confusion….in my mind. Here is some food for thought. Let’s discuss.
These last two weeks have gone by with no posts on this-here blog. The real truth is that I have been ‘engulfed and devoured’ by the social media issue in real life…
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Pangloss and Cassandra from Istanbul. What’s ahead? What impact onPublic Relations Associations?
Thanks to Margaretha Sjoberg’s leadership, current Chair of Cerp (the Confederation of European public relations associations, today a substantial and active part of the Global Alliance); and to the warm and friendly hospitality of our colleagues and friends from the Turkish PR Association, the Cerp Board held the other day in Istanbul a lively discussion on where the profession might be in five years time and what associations should therefore be doing today to accelerate...
When leadership leaves an organization, the public relator goes too. An alarming acceleration which undermines the institutionalization of the function?
Milano, Italy will host from 16 to 18 October 2008 the annual Euprera conference, hosted by Ferpi and IULM University. The topic in discussion will be ‘Institutionalizing public relations and corporate communication’….
Takeaways from the London summit on Britain’s reputation. Nurturing growing market segments while safeguarding the profession’s credibility…
‘Paese che vai…usanza che trovi’, can this ancient Italian adage, saying that each country has its own ways of doing things, be paraphrased by saying: each country has its own reputation. Really?
Social media, mainstream media, Britain’s reputation. Why not drop the term COMMUNICATION from our professional lexicon? Being serious in London
As promised in a recent post in which I begged you for some insights, here please find both the full text (The Perception of Country Identity in Social Media.doc) and the power points (Toni Muzi Falconi country reputations v2_revkf.ppt) I will be using Monday February 26 in London…
Is what we do and how we do it more ethically relevant than who we do it for? Of course it is. But is this enough for us to argue in favour of just about any cause? Yes? No?
Here is an interesting debate which both Strumpette and Jack O’Dwyer have kicked off: it is ethical for a public relations professional to represent a seemingly unethical client?
A new blog by our Iranian colleagues. Check it out!
Just received news that our iranian colleagues have an english language blogpost. Check it out. Well worth it! http://iranprblog.blogspot.com/
Who sould pay whom and for what? Questions about a recent commercial pitch on IPRA yahoo conversation group..
IPRA, the International Public Relations Association, amongst the services it offers to its 1000 plus members, has an ongoing Yahoo discussion group. Normally, this is used by members to inquire if peers may suggest names of consultants or agencies on a specific topic or in a specific country…
How does communicating c(s)r programs differ from socially responsible communication?
I have been struggling in these last weeks with a communication problem. I just cannot seem to clearly explain to my professional peers as well as to my better students, the fundamental and conceptual difference between the practice of communicating corporate(social) responsibility and the need for organizations to ensure that all their communicative behaviours be (socially) responsible…
A luddist? Here is all you ever wanted to learn about social media and…. never dared to ask
Early last year, invited by prof. Maria Russell, I visited Syracuse University for a lecture. Following this, as I was having my usual, unrepented, ‘fag’ outside the Newhouse Building…